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Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Democrat Keith Brann pointed to his experience in the tax business. Republican Greg Gregory touted his time spent as a state legislator and Libertarian Stan Smith spoke on his desire to serve and bring new ideas to the table.
Those three men discussed what they see as their strengths and talked about several issues affecting South Carolina during Tuesday’s Before You Vote candidates forum, held at the Bradley Building at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.

Local authorities are asking Indian Land residents to be on the lookout for a man who may have tried to abduct a child in Waxhaw recently.

Sgt. Eric Brown, a crime prevention officer with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, sent out a mass e-mail Wednesday to Panhandle residents about the incident. In his e-mail, Brown said he's received several questions about the attempted abduction of a young girl from a Waxhaw neighborhood two weeks ago.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster man was shot in his side during an armed robbery early Wednesday morning, the third armed robbery in the county this week.
The 42-year-old victim was found in his SUV shortly after the shooting, as he was honking his horn in a parking lot on Brooklyn Avenue across from Ninth Street in Lancaster, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.

Tina Miller sighed as she watched the digital readout climb from $5 to $15 to $30.

Filling up her tank at Murphy Express on S.C. 9 Bypass, Miller shook her head in disappointment. The price was $3.27 a gallon for regular gas at the station on March 23. This week, it’s $3.45 a gallon.

MIller said it’s hard to remember a time when gas wasn't so expensive.

The president of the United States will be attending the fifth annual Running for Ryan event in Lancaster this weekend.

Well, Barack Obama himself won’t be there. But life-like cardboard cut-outs of the president and first lady will be among the displays at the event, which raises awareness about a rare neurological disorder called Kleine-Levin Syndrome.

Lancaster bargain hunters have a new place to shop with the grand reopening of a new store with a familiar name.

Goody’s department store reopened March 23 in Lancaster Square Shopping Center – nearly two years after the closing of Lancaster’s former Goody’s store.

For shoppers, the sight of the familiar orange and blue Goody’s sign was like a magnet drawing almost 300 people who started lining up as early as 6:30 a.m. to be among the first through the doors when the store opened at 9 a.m.

Kesha McCain said she was devastated to hear the news about one of her Papa John’s coworkers being robbed at gunpoint during a pizza delivery.

That coworker, a 24-year-old Lancaster woman, was delivering at a Forest Glen Drive home about 9:30 p.m. Sunday when she was approached by two men, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report.